Portuguese experimental musician Rafael Toral first became known for producing guitar-based drone music, embracing elements of ambient and minimalism while finding common ground with post-rock and shoegaze. Eventually, he drastically shifted his approach and began working with electronic instruments, including modular synthesizers, modified amplifiers, and electrode oscillators. Toral's electronic work is sparse and alien-sounding, yet spontaneous and sometimes startling. He approaches his instruments the way a jazz musician would, but the result often has more in common sonic...